Words have the power to inspire, to challenge, and to spark change—especially when they come from the next generation of ...

Dahlak Brathwaite’s “Try/Step/Trip,” part of the Under the Radar festival, uses the language of step to express the liberating and restricting power of groups.

A 15-year-old girl strides purposefully through a jeering, screaming white mob. Despite the maelstrom of malice that surrounds her, her eyes are fixed on what’s ahead of her. Many have seen the photo ...

Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Wednesday, Nov. 5, during the second day of the University of Georgia Poetry ...

Partnering with the Sacramento Poetry Center, Spoken Word Federation and more pillars in the creative community, Andru Defeye, Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus and founder, is hosting the second ...

Students at this year’s Convocation ceremony, an event hosted for all incoming Columbia undergraduate students at the end of their New Student Orientation Program, may not appear to share similar ...

When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...

The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don’t mind happiness not always being so very much fun, if you don’t mind a touch of hell now and then just when everything is fine because even ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I’m always amazed when I think of how boys and girls can stand on a stage and spell words I’ve never heard of and will likely never use in any stories I might write. Think of the ...

Closely following the moment more than 11,000 spectators gathered at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City to watch the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square air its 5,000th episode of “Music & the ...